Ford Motor will debut the latest variant of the growling, retro-styled Mustang at the Los Angeles Auto Show, which opens to the public Nov. 16 after two days of media previews. The 2008 Ford Mustang Bullitt, an update of the iconic 1968 pony car driven by Steve McQueen in the movie Bullitt, goes on sale in January.

Participants here pay up to $300 for a day's worth of drag racing, high-speed cornering and the general abuse of somebody else's cars Vipers, the 500-horsepower SRT-10 pickup and others. It's all part of Chrysler Group's SRT Track Experience, designed to fulfill drivers' need for speed.